My husband and I love Old English names for boys. We have 3 names we really like, but we're not sure if they are TOO uncommon sounding that others would think the child's name was odd. We live in a place where you hear a lot of the same names over and over. Our first son's name is Rowan. Which of these 3 names, or none, do you prefer? Callum (pronounced CAL-um), Carrick, or Calder?
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Re: Old English Boy Name
I admittedly thought thus was going to be more like Basil, Niles and the sort.
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I also like Carrick. I think either goes fine with Rowan.
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Niles good too
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I like Callum or Calder because of the "Cal" factor (good abbreviation)-- Carrick really doesn't offer that. But as an Medievalist and Early Modern scholar I have to call out the fact that these are not Old English but Early Modern (and potentially Middle) English names. Old English names are Anglo-Saxon which are very Germanic, things like Ulfric, Aethelred, Alfwald (potential there for Alfie at least).
Still lovely choices for your boys! We love Rowan ourselves for a girl (with an "e" though, my husband insists the "e" is more feminine) if I can get my husband off of the Gaelic first names!
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